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    The Aosta Valley (French: Vallée d'Aoste [vale dɔst]; Italian: Valle d'Aosta [ˈvalle daˈɔsta]; Arpitan: Val d'Aoûta) is a mountainous autonomous region...
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  • bishops were Guy of Burgundy (1084–1119), who became Pope Callixtus II; Christophe de Beaumont, who occupied the see of Vienne for seven months of the year...
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    Franco-Provençal (category Languages of Aosta Valley)
    Gaga in Saint-Étienne, etc.). Formerly spoken throughout the Duchy of Savoy, Franco-Provençal is nowadays (as of 2016) spoken mainly in the Aosta Valley...
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    Bataillon de d'Aveyron — Valréas and Visan 4éme Bataillon de la Haute-Garonne — Valence Volontaires de la Drôme — Crest (forming) 3 Compagnies Franches, Romans-sur-Isère...
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    Jacobins. In September, with the help of his fellow Corsican Antoine Christophe Saliceti, Bonaparte was appointed artillery commander of the republican...
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    Ferret. From within Italy the A40 from Aosta leads to Courmayeur, as does the higher mountain route from Bourg-Saint-Maurice via the Col du Petit St. Bernard...
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    on culture Palacete do Conde de Burnay (19th century), now housing a public library (biblioteca de Alcântara) Palácio Vale-Flor (20th century), nowadays...
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    It was rebuilt again under their tenure. General Jean-Baptiste Cyrus de Valence's column laid siege to the city on 19 November 1792 during the War of the...
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  • Ruchère-St-Christophe: 35 km of cross-country skiing Saint-Bernard-du-Touvet/Col de Marcieu: 6 ski slopes Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet: 10 ski slopes Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte:...
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    List of twin towns and sister cities in France (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Germany Saint-Christophe, Italy Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Gedling, England, United Kingdom Grottaferrata, Italy Lemgo, Germany Poa, Burkina Faso Ponte de Lima...
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    François de Tournon (1489 in Tournon-sur-Rhône – 1562 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French Augustinian friar, an archbishop, diplomat, courtier, and...
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    Aouste-sur-Sye (French pronunciation: [ust syʁ si]; Occitan: Aosta) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Communes of the Drôme...
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